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Money Matters

23 February 2011

Public sector property is making headlines, and is seen as an opportunity to make significant sav...

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Westminster leaves Scots with £450m shortfall

17 February 2011

The extent of Scotland’s council cuts was laid bare last week, when authorities announced a £450m...

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Money Matters

17 February 2011

Does reality exist, or is the Universe just a hologram? Forever, science has taught us that the b...

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Immigration debt paid off

16 February 2011

The Home Office has agreed to pay almost £2m in back payments to Croydon LBC for looking after un...

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Councils 'must not have power to appoint auditors'

11 February 2011

Councils should not be allowed to appoint their own external auditors, says the Audit Commission.

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Newham's 'laughable' spending

11 February 2011

Newham LBC has spent more than £111m on one office block, including almost £10,000 on light fitti...

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Boroughs' 'widespread concern' following HRA axe

09 February 2011

Concern has been raised by London boroughs over the borrowing arrangements for the financial sett...

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Spending a penny costs too much

07 February 2011

Chichester DC has decided to close a number of public toilets, in a bid to save the authority £90...

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Money Matters

04 February 2011

It was the German-born theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, who once commented: ‘We cannot sol...

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'Lack of flexibility' could hit town hall jobs

02 February 2011